William Boeringer is a partner in the Fowler Rodriguez Miami office. He focuses his practice in admiralty and maritime law, including insured and non-insured matters. He handles personal injury matters for the industry and has defended claims by passengers and crew on commercial and recreational vessels, longshoremen, repairers, and shoreside workers. He also handles property damage and loss, including hull losses, collisions and allisions, as well as various marine commercial matters, including charter party and other contractual disputes, salvage, cargo claims, and insurance coverage issues.

He also handles general commercial and litigation issues for clients, and drafting bills of lading, charter parties, agency agreements, passenger contracts, employment contracts, and other commercial agreements. He has litigated and supervised litigation outside the State of Florida; in the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

His clients include insurers, corporations, and individuals in or related to the maritime industry. He represents domestic and foreign insurers, hull and machinery underwriters, protection and indemnity clubs, fixed premium facilities, charterers liability insurers, cargo insurers, yacht underwriters, and marine operators/ship repairers insurers. He has represented ship owners, ship operators, ship managers, charterers, marinas, ship repair yards, terminal operators, recovery agents, and overseas law firms.

Conferences

• “Electric Power Rate-Making and the Role of the Public Service Commission,” Seminar on Electric Energy Regulation sponsored by Georgia Power Company, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1993
• “Characteristics of Power Purchase Agreements in Latin America,” The Second Mercosur Energy Summit, Miami, Florida, October 1996
• “Bidding on and Obtaining IDB Financed Projects”, Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Infrastructure Project Development, Miami, Florida, July 1998

Speeches/Presentations

• Mr. Boeringer has lectured to various groups, including, MLA Committees, claims organizations, and underwriters on insurance issues including issues arising with insurer appointed attorneys, salvage, and the carriage of goods by sea.